Zvonko Pamić

Zvonko Pamić
Pamić with Duisburg in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-04) 4 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Pula, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Karlovac
Number 20
Youth career
Žminj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Žminj 18 (3)
2008–2010 Rijeka 0 (0)
2008–2010 → Karlovac (loan) 71 (22)
2010–2012 Bayer Leverkusen 0 (0)
2010–2011 → SC Freiburg (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2012 → MSV Duisburg (loan) 37 (1)
2013–2018 Dinamo Zagreb 27 (2)
2014–2015 → Istra 1961 (loan) 20 (3)
2015–2016 → Lokomotiva (loan) 16 (0)
2018 → Hrvatski Dragovoljac (loan) 11 (3)
2018–2019 Titograd 11 (2)
2019 Široki Brijeg 4 (0)
2019–2021 Krško 16 (5)
2021– Karlovac
International career
2007 Croatia U16 5 (0)
2009 Croatia U18 2 (0)
2009–2010 Croatia U19 9 (4)
2010–2011 Croatia U21 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zvonko Pamić (born 4 February 1991) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Karlovac.

Club career

Early career

Pamić began his career with NK Žminj where he earned his first professional caps in the 2007–08 season.[1] Together with his brother Alen Pamić and cousin Sandi Križman, they signed for Rijeka in January 2008. They were then sent on loan to Karlovac for the remainder of the season, where their father Igor Pamić was coach at the time.[2] Although his brother and cousin would return to Rijeka for the 2008–09 season, Zvonko spent the next two seasons playing a significant role for Karlovac before leaving for Germany, having never made an official appearance for the Bijeli.

Bayer Leverkusen

On 17 April 2010, Bayer 04 Leverkusen agreed terms with Croatian club Rijeka for the signing of the 19-year-old midfielder on a five-year deal.[3] On 27 May 2010, Leverkusen loaned Pamić to fellow Bundesliga team SC Freiburg.[4] While being on loan at Freiburg, he made only two official appearances in Bundesliga.

MSV Duisburg loan

On 27 May 2011, it was announced by Bayer Leverkusen that Pamić would join MSV Duisburg for the 2011–12 season on loan.[5] He scored his first goal for the team in November 2011. In his first season with MSV Duisburg, Pamić made total of 24 Bundesliga appearance, adding one in DFB-Pokal. MSV and Bayer reached the agreement about Pamić, and the loan was extended until June 2013.[6] He made another 13 appearances for Duisburg until January 2013.

Dinamo Zagreb

In January 2013, the loan at MSV Duisburg was terminated and Pamić returned to Croatia to join Dinamo Zagreb.[7] On 25 September 2013 he impressed Dinamo's fans and the Croatian Media becoming the first-ever Croatian player in the history of Dinamo Zagreb to score a goal direct from a Corner kick. Pamić scored the Corner kick-goal in the first round of the 2013–14 Croatian Cup in the match against HNK Suhopolje.[8] Now Pamić is playing regularly for At one moment, Pamić was a regular first choice and was the top assist provider in Dinamo Zagreb's squad.[9]

Istra 1961, Lokomotiva and Hrvatski Dragovoljac loans

After an injury, Pamić did not become first choice again at Dinamo, and for that reason he was loaned out to NK Istra 1961 from 2014 to 2015, NK Lokomotiva from 2015 to 2016 and NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac in 2018.

Titograd

From June 2018 to January 2019 he played for OFK Titograd during the first part of the 2018–19 Montenegrin First League. While at Titograd, he scored 2 league goals in 11 league games.

Široki Brijeg

On 9 January 2019, Pamić signed a contract with Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina club NK Široki Brijeg.[10] He made his debut for Široki on 3 April 2019, in a 2–0 cup semi-final game win against NK TOŠK Tešanj.[11] Pamić made his league debut for Široki Brijeg on 7 April 2019, in a 1–0 home win against NK GOŠK Gabela.[12]

In the 2018–19 season, Pamić and Široki Brijeg finished as Bosnian Cup runner-ups after losing to FK Sarajevo in the final.[13] On 26 May 2019, Pamić decided to leave Široki Brijeg.[14]

International career

Pamić also represented Croatia at various youth international levels[15] On 24 July 2010, Pamić scored a hat-trick in a U-19 game against Portugal at the 2010 UEFA European U-19 Championship in France. Croatia won the game 5–0.[16]

Personal life

He is the son of ex-Croatia international footballer and now coach Igor Pamić. Zvonko's older brother was Alen Pamić, a professional footballer who died of a heart attack during a recreational game on 21 June 2013 at the age of 23.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 May 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Žminj 2007–08 Druga HNL 18 3 0 0 0 0 18 3
Karlovac 2007–08 Treća HNL 13 10 0 0 0 0 13 10
2008–09 Druga HNL 28 7 0 0 0 0 28 7
2009–10 Prva HNL 30 5 0 0 0 0 30 5
Total 71 22 0 0 0 0 71 22
Bayer Leverkusen 2010–11 Bundesliga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SC Freiburg (loan) 2010–11 Bundesliga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MSV Duisburg (loan) 2011–12 2. Bundesliga 24 1 1 0 0 0 25 1
2012–13 13 0 1 0 0 0 14 0
Total 37 1 2 0 0 0 39 1
Dinamo Zagreb 2012–13 Prva HNL 9 2 0 0 0 0 9 2
2013–14 16 0 3 2 9 0 28 2
Total 25 2 3 2 9 0 37 4
Istra 1961 2014–15 Prva HNL 20 3 1 1 – 21 4
Dinamo Zagreb 2015–16 Prva HNL 2 0 – 1 0 3 0
Lokomotiva 2015–16 Prva HNL 16 0 1 0 – 17 0
Hrvatski Dragovoljac 2017–18 Druga HNL 11 2 – – 11 2
Titograd 2018–19 Montenegrin First League 11 2 0 0 – 11 2
Široki Brijeg 2018–19 Bosnian Premier League 4 0 2 0 – 6 0
Career total 217 35 9 3 10 0 238 38

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

Široki Brijeg

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Pamić Zvonko" (in Croatian). Nogometni Magazin. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Rijeka potpisala sa Pamićima i Križmanom - Jutarnji List". www.jutarnji.hr. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Leverkusen verpflichtet kroatisches Talent" (in German). focus.de. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Pamic: Vertrag bis 2012" (in German). kicker.de. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Zvonko Pamic wird Zebra auf Zeit" (in German). kicker.de. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Fromlowitz verlässt MSV Duisburg – Pamic bleibt" (in German). WAZ. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Pamic wechselt nach Zagreb" [Pamic transfers to Zagreb] (in German). DFL. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Dinamo izlazi iz krize, Pamić: Ne zabija se svaki dan iz kornera" [Dinamo get out of the crisis, Pamić: Scoring direct from a corner is not a common thing!] (in Croatian). Index.hr. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Analiza jeseni: Kako je HNL opet postao zanimljiv". www.index.hr. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. ^ Pamić, Stanić i Petrović novi igrači NK Široki Brijeg at klix.ba, 9 January 2019
  11. ^ A.Lendo (3 April 2019). "NK Široki Brijeg na krilima Bagarića osigurao lijepu prednost pred revanš protiv NK TOŠK" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  12. ^ M.Šljivak (7 April 2019). "Minimalac NK Široki protiv NK GOŠK, Gabeljani u sve težoj poziciji" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  13. ^ E.B. (15 May 2019). "FK Sarajevo osvojio Kup Bosne i Hercegovine" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Popović i Pamić napustili Široki Brijeg" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  15. ^ "List of national team appearances" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010.
  16. ^ "Mladi hrvatski nogometaši "razbili" Portugalce i plasirali se u polufinale Europskog prvenstva". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 24 July 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  17. ^ "1. Hrvatska nogometna liga 2009/10 - Ljestvice - Sportnet.hr". sportnet.rtl.hr. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Marcela i Zvonko najbolji i u županiji || Radio Mrežnica - RM Portal". www.radio-mreznica.hr. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010.
  19. ^ "Proglašeni najbolji u sportu KA-županije". Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.